Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous ...

A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Greek traditions spread with the Greeks in south Italy (Magna Graecia), the coasts of Spain, France, north Africa, Asia, and the Black Sea. Greek traditions thrived for as long as the Greeks were ...

Long before books and digital libraries, Ancient Greece relied on memory and voice to keep its stories alive. At the heart of ...

Of all the ancient cultures and civilizations that scholars know most about, ancient Greece takes the cake. However, there are no surviving historical records between 1200 and 760 B.C. This period has ...

In Greek culture, ancient traditions are typically on full display during both the ceremony and the reception. Whether you're planning or attending a Greek wedding, ...

SOCHOS, Greece – Greek carnivals at this time of year can be modest but they showcase ancient rites and traditions as well as providing reminders to some bloody moments in the country's modern ...

A new study on the ancient Greek city of Helike shows how repeated earthquakes transformed the landscape and forced ...

Ancient Greek oral traditions got geology right ... In the first century AD, a Greek geographer and historian named Strabo noted that a peninsula just south of Athens called Piraeus had, ...